Category: News
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Groundbreaking at city-owned St. Mark’s Church
This week, the City of Hamilton hosted a groundbreaking at the future St. Mark’s Centre. Once slated for demolition, the 145-year-old, downtown church is being transformed into a cultural venue and community hub. Update: read my letter to the editor at theSpec.com. Construction on this exciting, community-led adaptive reuse project starts this month, and includes…
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Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape
Exciting news: Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape is live in the park! This landmark placemaking project — led by me and sponsored by the Barton Village BIA — was installed in early June, just in time for the Barton Village Festival. Learn more at the project website, GhostLandscape.ca. Woodlands Park: Ghost Landscape is a community-led placemaking…
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Grace Lutheran at risk
Grace Lutheran was back at City Hall this week. In March, I spoke to the Hamilton Planning Committee about this unique neo-Gothic church. Grace Lutheran was designed by renowned Hamilton architect William Russell Souter in 1959. View my slides here. At the March meeting, councillors were considering the Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee’s recommendations to add…
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Major donation for adaptive reuse of St. Giles church
Exciting news: the Friends of St. Giles have announced a major donation towards adaptive reuse of St. Giles church. As spokesperson for the Friends, I liaised with media about the announcement. The Friends of St. Giles are incredibly grateful to the anonymous donor for their generosity, community focus, and creative thinking. You can read the…
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Churches as social infrastructure
A fascinating opinion piece on church buildings as crucial community infrastructure: in last Wednesday’s Spec, the CEOs of Anishnabeg Outreach and Trinity Centres Foundation argue for the healing power of social infrastructure, in the form of repurposed church buildings. This piece is also very timely, considering the number of at-risk church buildings in Hamilton and…
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From house of worship to home for seven
This weekend’s Spectator featured an inspiring front-page story: Tao Drayton and Andresa Sisson, the new owners of St. John’s Anglican in rural Haldimand, are converting the 130-year-old church into a home for their family of seven. Like many heritage buildings before they see new life through adaptive reuse, when Drayton and Sisson purchased St. John’s…
Sarah Sheehan 